Chapter 7
Finally the first week of October had come. A month of school had painfully come and gone. Fox was walking down the hall towards the front of the school and saw Krystal a little bit ahead of him. He hadn't seen her much this week so he took the first chance he had to talk to her.
"Krystal!" He called out to her. She turned to the familiar voice and cracked a smile. "Hey Fox! I haven't gotten to see you much this week." "No kidding, it's bothered me a little bit." Krystal looked down with a sad looking face. "Yeah….it's bothered me too." "Don't worry though, I've got something to make up for it." She looked up with a curious look on her face.
" Tonight we're gonna get the whole group together at my house and watch movies!" Krystal's face lit up at this remark.
"That would be marvelous! I would love to!" Fox smiled at her. "Oh and Fox? Can you carry my books?" She handed to them as he held them with one arm. She then wrapped her arms around his free one as they walked along with Fox tinting red, looking nervous as usual. Falco looked over and saw the two and he started to they arrived he told them " You know, I knew this would happen."
As usual Fox stuttered and tripped over his words as Krystal giggled along. Not long after did Krystal's parents arrive. Before she left she turned around "Oh, Fox…" She pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something down on it. "Here's my phone number, call me sometime?" Fox flushed red a little, "Uhhhhh…" was all he could find to say. She playfully pushed him. " I don't mean it like that!" Fox snapped out of his trance "Uhm, right! I'll come get you when it's around time."
She smiled and walked off, and when she got into the car with her parents she told them that Fox would be coming by to help them bring in the new furniture they bought.
They had all planned to meet at Fox's house at 6, but Krystal left before Fox told everyone the plan. Around 4 Fox called Krystal to tell her the plan she didn't hear. "Hello?" The vixen said in a confused tone, likely because of the unidentified number. "Hey Krystal, it's Fox." Her tone quickly changed. "Oh! Hey Fox! What's up!?" "I just called to tell you the plan for tonight, I'll head to your place around-" " That's really nice of you to volunteer to help us move in our new furniture! I'll see you in a little bit! Bye!" "Wait I never- 'sigh' I guess that's a typical girl. Hey mom! I've gotta go help move in furniture at Krystal's house!"
With that he began his walk down to Krystal's house, then stopped and thought to himself. He turned to his blue convertible and thought to himself, 'time for a little payback'.
He jumped in and turned the key, he loved to hear the motor rev and feel it hover off the ground. He blasted off as usual, but slowed down soon after since Krystal lived nearby. He pulled up slowly and turned it off and walked up to the door. He knocked and not long after did Krystal answer saying " It's so sweet of you to come help us move this furniture in." "Yeah,well….thanks."
She grabbed his hand and led him inside. "Daddy! Fox is here now!" The older blue fox came into the room grinning saying " Well Fox I sure hope you're ready to have your arm muscles pumping" Fox chuckled, "I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be, let's do this." Her dad patted him on the back saying "That's the right attitude!"
The two vulpines walked outside to the truck outside as Krystal's mom walked up behind her daughter saying "He seems to be doing better with Fox now doesn't he?" Krystal nodded.
It took about 45 minutes to unload their new couch, coffee table, and two recliners. " thank you very much for coming to help Fox, now before you go I need you to answer a question for me. Did you choose to come help or did Krystal make you?" Fox paused for a moment
" Uh well yeah she sorta fast talked me, but if I had known that you guys had new furniture ahead of time I would have come to help, I wouldn't want to unload all of this on my own, so I don't think anyone else should have to either." Krystal's dad smiled, "You know you're an alright kid McCloud. Now just make sure you don't get on Krystal's bad side, she can be pretty feisty. Now it's only about a quarter until 5 so you can either hang around here or you can ask Krystal if she wants to meet your parents, you've done your part with me so the rest of the day is up to you."
Fox smiled, and the blue vulpine smiled back. "thanks mr-" The older fox held up a hand "Just call me Rick." Fox continued "Thanks rick, uh well my mom asked me to go get some stuff from the store earlier and I was wondering if it was alright if I took Krystal with me." Rick shrugged his shoulders, " Like I said, the rest of the day is up to you."
Just then Krystal walked out and Rick said "perfect timing, Krystal you're headed out with Fox now." As he said that the vulpine and vixen headed for the convertible when Krystal stopped.
"This is your car?" "Yeah it sure is, is something wrong?" "No…but your car is awesome!" The two foxes ran to it as Fox jumped in without opening the door and Krystal did the same. They drove off and Fox had a big grin on his face. As soon as they were out of the neighborhood and in the city streets, his grin grew even bigger.
"Fox, why are you grinning so much?" He couldn't help but laugh, "Well you remember how you fast talked me into helping your dad move that furniture?" She nodded and noticed that all the streets were empty. "well uh, it's payback time"
And just as he said that did he stomp the pedal and the convertible shot off at high speed. "Fox! What are you doing!?" She sounded scared almost. Fox could only yell "WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!" As they flew down the roads freely. They were approaching a wall at at least 85 MPH as Krystal yelled "FOX THERE'S A WALL THERE!" And as fast as lightning he pulled a U-turn throwing up all sorts of dust and particles at the wall they passed. Amid her terrified screaming, Krystal couldn't help but laugh at how much fun this was.
They came to a vacant parking lot and Fox pulled a donut that covered nearly all of the parking lot, he turned and saw Krystal throw her hands in the air while she laughed and laughed even more himself. As he looked at the clock he saw that it was now 5:15, so he decided it was time to head back home so James and Vixy could meet Krystal.
Once they returned to Fox's house she looked at him and said "Never do that again" he grinned, trying to hold back a laugh. Before they went inside she grabbed his hand with both of hers. "Are you sure your parents will like me?" "Of course they will! It's not like we're boyfriend and girlfriend so it wont be a huge deal." He gave her a reassuring smile as he opened the door.
"Mom! Dad! We've got company!" They walked to where Vixy was, and when she turned to them she gasped. "Fox sweetie, she's gorgeous! How long have you two been together? Why didn't you tell us?" Fox's face flushed red. "Mom! She's not my girlfriend! This is Krystal, one of my friends!" He told his mom with an embarrassed tone. "Oh, well still, I think you're a beautiful young lady Krystal." "thank you Mrs. McCloud."
Just after she said that did James walk in and notice the blue vixen. "Hello there miss, who might you be?" "Hi mr McCloud, I'm Krystal, Fox's girlfriend"
Fox's eyes widened as his face turned red. He spewed his juice into the sink while the other three laughed at his reaction. "im just kidding, we're only friends. He just looks funny when he's embarrassed." Vixy looked at Krystal and told her " Sweetie you can just call me Vixy and my husband's name is James."
After that Fox and Krystal went to the living room to decide what movies to watch. After they did Fox decided to sit on the love seat waiting on the others. Krystal sat down beside him and cutely said to him, "Mind if I sit here?" she snuggled up to him and this time Fox knew how to fight back against her flirting.
"I'm alright with that if you're alright with this" He said as he snaked his arm around her and put his hand on her side. Krystal was shocked at this, but decided she was going to make him cave first.
"Ooh it looks like my hero has learned a few new moves." She said in a flirty tone as she scooted closer.
'She'll cave any minute now' Fox thought to himself. At this point they were so close together that their legs began to touch.
"Got any other moves I should know about?" She asked in a cute tone. "Just a few" He said as he began to rub her side. "Purrrrrr" she muttered. Fox had finally found her weakness. "What was that?" he said as he began to tickle her.
"Fox stahahahah! Dahahah hahaha don't dahahaha thahahahahhhaa!" "What was that? I couldn't understand you." "Stop. Now" She said in an angry tone. "Uhhh…sorry about that."
"I'm sorry too." She said, still sounding angry. "Sorry for this!" Now it was her turn to tickle him without stopping. He tried to tell her to stop, but it came so sudden he couldn't get a word out. Something suddenly made her stop.
In an attempt to push her away, Fox blindly reached out to push her. Once he did and got a grip on her, he grabbed something…..soft?
Fox wasn't paying attention when he reached out so he thought nothing of it until he saw Krystal's face. It was glowing red, even through her blue fur. " What's the matter Kryst-" Was all he could say until he saw what he had a grip on.
In his attempt to stop her, he had accidentally grabbed her left breast. Now his face began to glow red. "Uhhhhhhh….." Was all he could find to say while he took his hand off of her.
" uhhhhh Krystal im sorry that I uhhhh, I mean it was an accident that, I-I mean, I mean I didn't mean t-to y'know…." Fox began to sweat in nervousness.
She too was still red and looked uncomfortable. "Krystal I would never – I –I mean if you wanna maybe go home to get away from me- I mean this! Or if you wanna get away from me I totally understand!" The blue vixen took a moment to think the situation over.
"Fox I understand that it was an accident. I know you wont do it again, how about we just keep this between us and forget it happened?" Krystal's blush began to fade. "Y-yeah no problem. I-I mean I totally didn-" "I know Fox, I told you we're okay." She said as she scooted up to him. Fox scooted back and lightly pushed her away some. "Let's have some space to make sure something like that doesn't happen again."
Krystal paused for a moment, then grinned. "I knew you would cave first."
